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STEIN, William Daniel
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2778 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 12 May 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newcastle (Gardner Memorial) War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2778, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2778, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 12 May 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2778, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2778 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-12 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 24 and the son of William and Amelia Stein; husband of Edith May Stein, of 35, Montgomery St., Kogarah, New South Wales. He was awarded the Military Medal. His sacrifice earned him a place in the British Jewry Book Of Honour